WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Comedian Marc Maron is tackling the most complex philosophical question of our day - WTF? He'll get to the bottom of it with help from comedian friends, celebrity guests and the voices in his own head.

After months of false starts, Marc finally tracks down his old friend Louis CK and it's more than one episode can hold. Louis is at the top of his game today, but he and Marc recall the days when they were both struggling young comics in Boston, when Louis was getting rejected by SNL, and when his movie was being taken away from him by a Hollywood studio. Oh yeah, and when Louis bought a trumpet.

That opening speech about friendship by marc was beautiful. what an amazing interview. I cried at some points. two of my heroes hitting it off. amazing

a year and a half ago

Ras

On the Daily Show tonight, Louis CK mentioned the jizz trumpet. Apparently he sold it to John Stewart for 5k, (3600 profit) which he used to fund Tomorrow Night.

over three years ago

dave

Holy shit! This is fucking great!

three and a half years ago

WTF

Ian - The premium membership / app access only allows for streaming. The most recent 50 episodes can always be downloaded.

three and a half years ago

Ian

Hay,

Latecomer to WTF (today) - Bought the Doug Stanhope ep on iTunes then bought a premium subscription immediately when I saw the list of past episodes.

Any way I can download this instead of streaming?

four and a half years ago

G

I lost it when he talked about buying the trumpet. I'm so happy I found this podcast! :D

almost five years ago

A. L. Venable

@booger - Jim Gaffigan was on WTF episode #9, Michael Ian Black and Hannibal Burress are on one of the live episodes (Aspen) available for sale.

almost five years ago

Jim S.

Marc,

I became a fan of Louis from the start of his first appearance on Conan's show.

It is a real treat to hear Louis talk about his early success during the late 80's comedy boom.

I wish that Louis had expanded on why he disliked Seinfeld when it was on the top of the heap of the 90's television sitcom compost heap.

In my opinion, Louis current show on FX is a delightful mashup of Seinfeld and old school Danny Thomas (in "Make Room For Daddy") filtered through a French dude's plan to "épater le bourgeois".

Unfortunately, this middle class dude, with the advent of the internet, cannot be shocked.

almost five years ago

gurthang

@andrew h

I'm pretty sure Marc was laughing at him because he knows exactly what the fuck it feels like to be that impulsive and to get an idea like that and just burn yourself out in its execution before you can even begin to think about whether or not you should have ever put one foot in front of the other.

Hey Marc, I find it interesting that a man with so many neurotic tendencies laughs at what were obviously manic episodes that Louis experienced, especially buying a $1400 trumpet when he doesn't even know how to play. Kind of sad actually.

almost five years ago

gurthang

To the folks that can't download the podcast at work:

There's a mobile version of the site at www.wtfpod.com/handheld.htm
Where it says get the podcast, click on No iTunes, then click on the link to the episode you want to download and save to your phone and play.

almost five years ago

Steve Marber

Loved this interview. In response to Dutch: To be a little more fair, there's more than one account that attempts to explain what happened to the Great Library. The one that supposedly occurred before Christ, whom it's never been proven existed in the first place, is just an assumption that when Caesar set fire to his ships, the flame spread to land and burned the library. This account was based on the misconception that the Great Library was near the port. All the other explanations for what happened, place the library's destruction in the Christian Era.

I certainly know all about anxiety based retail therapy - really related to that one!

Yet another classic podcast Maron, cant wait for pt.2

almost five years ago

g

Marc: I'm pretty sure that you've told that story about Francis Ford Coppola on "The Tonight Show" saying "Do you have kids?" to another comic on your show before, and thus are confusing who told you that story.

almost five years ago

Dutch

I love Louis CK and loved this episode. Only objection is with Louis' history. The Romans burned the Great Library down. This happened before Jesus was born so to be fair Christians really aren't to blame.

almost five years ago

Alex Fellows

That was great. I love Louis' comedy but I have trouble understanding how such a smart, insightful man could put a BMW on his credit card. Marc really hit the nail on the head when he mentioned that Louis seems to get himself in situations just to provide him with material. I think this might inspire more than one budding comedian to drop hot sauce on the floor of their apartment.
Can't wait for Part 2!